Now I don't agree

From: Curt Vendel <curt_at_atari-history.com>
Date: Wed Aug 1 15:23:51 2001

Living in Staten Island, the city of bagel shops on every corner, most open
24 hrs a day, they are a Godsend and one of the best, most convenient
places when you've only got 2 mins to go in, order what you want, have it
prepared and your back out the door. Starbucks are novel, and a nice
occassional change, but the cost and the 10 min wait behind 2 people on
line is just a waste of time for what you get. Now a tall skim latte is a
little tough to get at a bagel shop, but when you weigh the plus' and
minus' I'll go to the 24hr Bagel-O-Rama anyday :-)


Curt



Bill Pechter wrote:

> R.D.Davis wrote:
>
> > John Foust wrote:
> > > There's a real drive-in movie
> > > theater on the edge of town. We're 35 minutes from a Starbucks
> > > or real boiled bagels, though.
> >
> > That sounds like a good place to live! Is not an area's quality of
> > life inversely proportional to the existence of bagel shops or
> > Starbucks coffee shops? Both types of businesses appear to be
> > indications of an area on the fringe of decay, such as an area about
> > to turn into a city, an area that's trying to mimic one of the United
> > States' best examples of putrid places: New York City.
>
> I'll give you the Starbucks -- but good bagel shops are a good thing.
> That is places that sell mainly bagels -- not lattes and bagels.
>
> Bill
>
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